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Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Name: Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-15

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Fri, Mar 15

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2021

← Mar 8Mar 15Mar 29 →

Receipts

4,448 head

▼ 703 vs last sale 5,151▼ 559 vs year ago 5,007 · −11.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week best test on steers from 550 lbs to 599 lbs were 6.00 to 8.00 higher, steers from 600 lbs to 649 lbs and from 700 lbs to 749 lbs were steady to 2.00 lower, steers from 750 lbs to 799 lbs were 2.00 to 4.00 higher, heifers from 600 lbs to 699 lbs were steady to 1.00 lower, heifers from 750 lbs to 799 lbs were 2.00 to 4.00 higher, no other comparisons available. Good to very good demand for all classes of cattle, especially the greener, hay fed cattle suitable for summer grazing programs. Buyers continue to bid aggressively for the cattle. Lots of buyers in the seats competing with internet buyers made for an active market. Several strings offered buyers the opportunity to put multiple loads of one owner cattle together. Several consignments of reputation replacement heifers were well received. Warm, dry conditions in the area are giving cattle the opportunity to perform well in yards that continue to dry out. Next feeder sale is scheduled for Friday, March 29, 2024.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $349.81/cwt on 381 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −138.59 against this barn's trailing median of $488.39.

Average price

$349.81

381 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,901

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$70

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$42.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.09

vs SD average

+33.74 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	350.70	1,902	373
Medium and Large 1-2	595	308.00	1,833	8thin

One grade step is worth $42.70/cwt here — about $70 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale381 hd

349.81

—

SD average5 barns · 1,225 hd

335.71

+14.09

National average167 barns · 13,796 hd

316.07

+33.74

This barn, trailing median17 sales

488.39

−138.59

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

17 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $522.90, low $431.00, median $488.39 across 17 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

30 lots · USDA AMS · Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction (Friday) - Ft. Pierre, SD

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	367	397.62/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,459	28
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	372.56/cwt	364.00–377.00	1,714	99
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	512	363.90/cwt	359.00–368.00	1,863	181
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	338.26/cwt	333.50–344.00	1,931	192
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	595	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,833	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	318.49/cwt	307.00–326.00	1,987	435
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	662	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,026	85
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1NHTC	665	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,088	87
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Full	698	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,843	16
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	734	277.34/cwt	260.00–283.00	2,036	264
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	782	267.84/cwt	260.00–282.00	2,095	733
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	830	263.79/cwt	251.25–270.00	2,189	259
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	880	249.75/cwt	249.75–249.75	2,198	64
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	319	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,101	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	383	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,273	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	333.25/cwt	329.00–336.00	1,403	18
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	300.59/cwt	298.00–304.00	1,584	85
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	581	300.24/cwt	278.00–308.50	1,744	87
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	284.28/cwt	275.00–292.50	1,763	256
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Full	659	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,641	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	687	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,563	26
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	696	264.98/cwt	263.50–274.00	1,844	105
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	721	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,694	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	732	267.79/cwt	261.00–274.50	1,960	160
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	250.91/cwt	245.00–261.00	1,844	483
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	754	246.99/cwt	246.00–248.00	1,862	146
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	773	266.86/cwt	253.00–271.50	2,063	230
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	800	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	1,876	7
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	848	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,840	12
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,727	89

This sale against other markets

South Dakota weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every South Dakota auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

South Dakota feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction (Friday) - Ft. Pierre, SD

Fri Mar 15, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Sioux Falls, SD (LS-SF)

Receipts 4,448Last week 5,151Year ago 5,007

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	659	249.00	249.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	319	345.00	345.00
18	400–450	421	329.00–336.00	333.25
85	500–550	527	298.00–304.00	300.59
87	550–600	581	278.00–308.50	300.24
256	600–650	620	275.00–292.50	284.28
105	650–700	696	263.50–274.00	264.98
483	700–750	735	245.00–261.00	250.91
146	750–800	754	246.00–248.00	246.99
7	800–850	800	234.50	234.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	383	332.50	332.50
26	650–700	687	227.50	227.50
6	700–750	721	235.00	235.00
12	800–850	848	217.00	217.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
160	700–750	732	261.00–274.50	267.79
230	750–800	773	253.00–271.50	266.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
16	650–700	698	264.00	264.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	595	308.00	308.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	350–400	367	390.00–400.00	397.62
99	450–500	460	364.00–377.00	372.56
181	500–550	512	359.00–368.00	363.90
192	550–600	571	333.50–344.00	338.26
435	600–650	624	307.00–326.00	318.49
85	650–700	662	306.00	306.00
264	700–750	734	260.00–283.00	277.34
733	750–800	782	260.00–282.00	267.84
259	800–850	830	251.25–270.00	263.79
64	850–900	880	249.75	249.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
87	650–700	665	314.00	314.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
89	500–550	528	327.00	327.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.